Edward Taylor (1812 - 1836)

Born 1812 in Stewart. Tennessee

Ancestors

Died 6 Mar 1836 at about age 24 in The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas

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Biography

Liberty Brothers

Edward Taylor was born 1812 in Tennessee ^[1]to parents Anson Taylor and ? Elizabeth Maley (unverified). ^[2] Edward was the eldest of three brothers. ^[3] His younger brothers were James and George Taylor

When the Texas revolution began the story is told that Edward and brothers were picking cotton for Captain Dorsett on his farm which was located at Liberty Colony, Texas near present day Anahuac, Texas. ^[4] Thus they heard the news of problems of settlers and the Mexican government and others talking about forming a new government for Texas.

Edward was described as a farm hand and Capt. Dorsett's daughter described him as 21 years old. ^[2]When their job was done, they enlisted in the Texas army. Edward was a good marksman. ^[4]

References differ between where these privates died: the Alamo or Battle of Goliad. The Adjutant General investigated all of the Alamo Defenders before awarding land bounties including the Taylors. Their names are listed on the Cenotaph of the Alamo men as killed one week before Goliad Battle occurred.^[2].

Edward Taylor was killed in the service of the Texas army at the battle of the Alamo, March 6, 1836. ^[5]The remains were buried in the San Fernando Cathedral.^[6]

Land Bounty.

Land Bounty

Note: Taylor County, Texas is in honor of named Edward and his brothers. Sculptor, Lincoln Borglum (son of the sculptor of Mt. Rushmore) sculpted a bronze sculpture of the Taylor brothers, which is in Abilene, Texas.^[3]

Note2: Edward TAYLOR was a native of Tennessee, resident of Liberty, Texas. Heirs of Edward were awarded Land bounty Fannin 989, and Montgomery. See: GLO Edward Taylor Bexar Bounty for having fallen in Alamo.

• Taylor County, Texas was named in honor of three brothers: Edward, George & James Taylor.

Note 2: Round Point, Anahuac, Liberty or Chambers County today. Citizens of Round Point Anahuac gathered at this home and still remember the Taylors and the 3 sons who were killed in the Battle of the Alamo. ^[7]Read online: http://www.thevindicator.com/anahuac_progress/news/article_fa0aab30-0530-11e3-888a-0019bb2963f4.html

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.tennesseehistory.com/class/Alamo.htm
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} http://www.thealamo.org/remember/history/defenders/index.html
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fta50
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Alamo_defenders
5. ↑ http://www.thealamo.org/remember/history/defenders/index.html
6. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVH-3ZC5 : 13 December 2015), Edward Taylor, 1836; Burial, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States of America, The Alamo; citing record ID 8742044, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
7. ↑ http://www.thevindicator.com/anahuac_progress/news/article_fa0aab30-0530-11e3-888a-0019bb2963f4.html

• 1826 Atascosito District Census. Edited by Mary McMillan Osburn. Special reprint for the Liberty County Historical Survey Committee. Cover title. "Reprint from vol. 1, no. 4 (fall, 1963) Texana." Includes bibliographical

See also:

• Groneman, Bill (1996), Eyewitness to the Alamo, Plano, TX: Republic of Texas Press, ISBN 1-55622-502-4
• Hardin, Stephen L. (1999), Texan Illiad, Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, ISBN 0-292-73086-1

• Meyers, John (1948), The Alamo, Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, ISBN 0-8032-5779-1

• Todish, Timothy J.; Todish, Terry; Spring, Ted (1998), Alamo Sourcebook, 1836: A Comprehensive Guide to the Battle of the Alamo and the Texas Revolution, Austin, TX: Eakin Press, ISBN 978-1-57168-152-2